Archive for February, 2010
a stellar opportunity from our friends at alemany farm in San Francisco. For the second year in a row, Friends of Alemany Farm will be offering an Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture. The 11-month course takes participants through the seasons, covering key garden and orchard tasks that occur in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Apprentices will learn [...]
UC Cooperative Extension Livestock & Range gets techy and gets a facebook page. and twitter too! @MendLakeRange
Unique opportunity for organic farm couple to expand and potentially take over our certified organic produce business in NE Pennsylvania. We are seeking energetic, highly motivated self-starters with extensive know-how and experience in all aspects of organic growing and marketing, composting, machinery operation and basic maintenance to manage our certified organic produce farm. Starting as [...]
commentary? Off the Farm, Into the City By Judy Keen, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS — Andre Hall lives in the city and has never plowed a field or fed a hog, but he proudly wears the blue jacket long associated with the organization once called Future Farmers of America. Hall, 18, is among 30 high-school [...]
young farmer mixers, film fests, cook-offs galore– the greenhorns are hustlin and bustlin this spring. check out our upcoming events and stay tuned for more to come. Feb 28 NYC NY Just Food CSA Conference panel for aspiring CSA growers: supplying the demand www.justfood.org March 3+ 4 Washington DC Drake Forum, Beginning Farmer Symposium http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheGreenhorns/ed3bd4e7ef/TEST/76834002c0/pageID=beginningFarmers Have [...]
these folks are proved, super duper movers towards the edible future. The Organic Farming Research Foundation and Horizon Organic Dairy, in cooperation with New Hope Natural Media, invite you to the 13th Annual OFRF “Meet & Greet” Organic Benefit Luncheon. March 11th, 2010 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Natural Products Expo West Anaheim [...]
Hello! Yesterday I took a walk through the Greenmarket picking up the last ingredients for this Saturday night’s fundraising dinner for Growing Chefs in Brooklyn. The lineup is wonderful–an evening of tasty treats and live music (a banjo jumped on board with the two fiddlers last week!) The auction (starting at 9p) has grown to include [...]
a great NY times piece about some spunky NC crop mobbers. By: Christine Muhlke “Who brought their own wheelbarrow?” Rob Jones asked the group of 20-somethings gathered on a muddy North Carolina farm on a chilly January Sunday. Hands shot up and wheelbarrows were pulled from pickups sporting Led Zeppelin and biodiesel bumper stickers, then [...]
webcasts from the USDA at the 2010 Agricultural Outlook Forum , which just took place last week.
sophomoric, but still relevant. Open Letter to a Cloned Sheep, Pig, Broiler or Dairy Creature by Severine von Tscharner Fleming “Dear Dolly, It seems that the US Food and Drug Administration, in all its wisdom, has decided that US citizens will be safe eating cloned animal products. Yes, Dolly, that means ewe, your lambs and [...]
New Exhibition of Photography by Rachel Barrett Baxter & Cook Art Advisors is pleased to announce “Of the Land” the first solo exhibition and the West Coast debut of New York-based photographer Rachel Barrett. Through her photographs we enter into the cohesive intricacy of relationships that exist in Bolinas, the love of and responsibility for the [...]
IMPACT A series of stories about films making change How do social issue documentary films do more than just raise awareness? Are you a documentary filmmaker looking for the formula to take your film to the next level? IMPACT is a new series of videos created by Working Films and The Fledgling Fund focused on [...]
the winners got a new pick-up. Young Farmers and Ranchers Take Top Honors SEATTLE, January 12, 2010 – Winners of the Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Achievement Award, Discussion Meet and Excellence in Agriculture competitions were announced yesterday at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 91st annual meeting. Young farmers from around the United States competed [...]
NATIONAL RURAL YOUTH ASSEMBLY in Santa Fe, New Mexico The National Rural Assembly will host a National Rural Youth Assembly on April 22-25, 2010, at the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Assembly seeks 50 young adults from rural communities across the country who will gather to discuss the issues they see as critical to [...]
The Sterling College Farm Apprentice Program is an experiential, immersive learning and leadership opportunity for passionate, inspired, and enthusiastic individuals seeking to work on a diversified year-round teaching farm and live in a small close-knit college community beginning in July 2010. Apprentices participate in all aspects of daily farm management, supervise Sterling College students in [...]
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